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Benton Kirksville

Cardinals

Tigers

The Kirksville (MO) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Benton (St. Joseph, MO) by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Kirksville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Missouri High School Baseball - Benton nips Kirksville

May 2, 2025: Kirksville, MO 63501

In Friday's non-league game, the visiting Benton Cardinals baseball team scored a close 4-3 win over the Kirksville Tigers.

The Cardinals (13-12) will now prepare for their game against Savannah (Savannah, MO). The Savages go into the Class 4 District 16 game with a 17-9 record. In their last game, Savannah nudged Maryville (Maryville, MO), 7-2, in a league game.

Next, the Tigers play the Marshall Owls (Marshall, MO) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, May 6. Kirksville will attempt to improve on its 10-16 season record. The Owls go into the game with a 1-15 record after their 4-0 non-league loss to Moberly (Moberly, MO).

Benton @ Kirksville Baseball Game Info

Fri., May. 2, 2025

The Kirksville (MO) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Benton (St. Joseph, MO) by a score of 4-3.

Rankings & Records

Benton (24-25)

MO	Class
77	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
22-14	4-2	10-6	10-6	2-2	.611	.667	249	149

Kirksville (24-25)

MO	Class
127	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-17	1-4	10-12	7-5	.500	.200	182	138

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Benton	1.0	.8	3.0	3.6	1.6	2.3	0	-	6.9	9.8	1.0
Kirksville	.8	1.4	.3	1.4	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.0	5.4	7.3	1.1

Head-to-Head

Benton won on 5/2/2025

5/2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Benton - - - - - - - 7 - -
Kirksville - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Benton (St. Joseph, MO) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Kirksville (MO) by a score of 7-3.
Box score
Benton won on 5/2/2025

5/2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Benton - - - - - - - 4 - -
Kirksville - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Benton (St. Joseph, MO) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Kirksville (MO) by a score of 4-3.
Box score

5/2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Kirksville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Benton	7-6		Kirksville	3-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/25	Lafayette	Benton	(W) 5-0	5/10/25	Lafayette	Kirksville	(W) 13-0
3/21/25	Benton	Lafayette	(W) 5-0
5/6/25	Lafayette	Benton	(W) 9-5
3/31/25	Maryville	Benton	(W) 13-7	3/29/25	Maryville	Kirksville	(L) 4-1
4/28/25	Benton	Maryville		3/29/25	Maryville	Kirksville	(L) 4-1
5/1/25	Benton	Maryville	(W) 10-4
4/8/25	Chillicothe	Benton	(L) 5-1	5/10/25	Chillicothe	Kirksville	(W) 9-1
4/19/25	Chillicothe	Benton	(L) 2-0
5/8/25	Benton	Chillicothe	(W) 10-3
5/27/25	Chillicothe	Benton	(L) 5-3
4/16/25	Benton	Savannah	(L) 5-4	4/29/25	Kirksville	Savannah	(W) 5-2
5/5/25	Savannah	Benton	(W) 14-12	4/29/25	Kirksville	Savannah	(L) 7-6
5/15/25	Savannah	Benton	(L) 11-0
4/18/25	Benton	Moberly	(L) 12-2	3/31/25	Kirksville	Moberly	(L) 7-0
				4/10/25	Moberly	Kirksville	(L) 5-1
				5/21/25	Moberly	Kirksville	(L) 7-0

Record Breakdown

Benton (24-25)		Kirksville (24-25)
22-14	Overall	17-17
4-2	League	1-4
18-10	Non-League	16-13
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-6	Common Opponent	3-6
10-6	Home	10-12
10-6	Away	7-5
2-2	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
22-14	In-State	16-17
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0